[Haskell-cafe] [ANNOUNCE] GHC 8.8.4 is now available

[Gregory Guthrie]

Thanks - yes, but this is for Platform, not the current GHC.

Platform is several versions older than the current GHC being announced below.
I am not sure if one can update the GHC, with an older Platform installation?

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Il 18 luglio 2020 alle 12:50 Gregory Guthrie ha scritto:
> I don't see any windows binaries listed; are they there, elsewhere?

Not a Windows user, but if I recall correctly as today the way to install Haskell on Windows is via Chocolatey:

    https://www.haskell.org/platform/windows.html

>  Lots of Linux (=0.7% desktop market share) versions, but Windows
> (=78%) only source?.

In the Haskell world the numbers are reversed [1]: Linux-based developers lead the pack. There are comparatively few Windows-based devs and even fewer willing to dedicate their free time to maintain the GHC for Windows build.

[1] https://taylor.fausak.me/2019/11/16/haskell-survey-results/#s1q2
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